Ngokokuqala emlandweni, iziphathimandla zaseJapane zabopha iqembu labakhohlisi be-18 ngokuhlaziya ukuthengiselana kweMonero. Izigebengu zasebenzisa le cryptocurrency ukuhlanza imali, okubangela umonakalo olinganiselwa cishe ku-100 million yen ($ 670,000).
Ngokusho kwabezindaba zaseJapan, amaphoyisa alandelela ukuthengiselana okuzungeze i-900 okuhlobene neMonero, okwasiza ukuveza izenzo zeqembu lobugebengu. Umholi weqembu lezigelekeqe kusolwa ukuthi nguYuta Kobayashi, owaboshwa kanye nabanye ababambe iqhaza ngamacala okukhwabanisa imali nokukhwabanisa amakhompyutha.
Uphenyo ngaleli qembu lwaqala ngo-Agasti, ngemuva nje kokusungulwa kweyunithi entsha yobugebengu be-cyber, eyayihlelwe ngo-Ephreli kulo nyaka ukulwa nezinsongo ezikhulayo emkhakheni we-cybersecurity.